Thylacosmilus is a marsupial, and Smilodon is a mammal. Thylacosmilus and Smilodon both have saber teeth, but they do not share an ancestor that had saber teeth. What are saber teeth for these organisms? analogous structures homologous structures vestigial structures mutated structures

My question says on my assignment. read the following scenarios and decide which of the properties of life are being described. the first one is. katherine stopped on the way to school to grab some donuts. 2. because a dog cannot sweat, it has to pant in order to stay cool. 3. an elephant trun had no bone but 4,000 muscles. i have no idea what i am supposed to anwer. i can't find the answer in my notes or book that i can understand anyway

In general, characteristics that an organism survive and reproduce become more common over time. what mechanism of evolution causes this?

The lineage of pea plants produced round seeds for four generations. the plants that fertilized these pea plants also produced round seeds. however, in the fifth generation, the plant produced to two plants with wrinkled seeds. can that be possible?